Trump Blasts CNN Over Spat With San Diego News Station –– CNN Responds

President Donald Trump took to Twitter tonight to blast CNN and show the video of a local news station calling out the cable news network.

To briefly recap: San Diego station KUSI said that CNN had reached out to them asking for one of their reporters to speak with them about border issues. The network offered a reporter who has reported from the border, but CNN ultimately ended up declining. As of this posting, KUSI’s online report still says, “We believe CNN declined a report from KUSI because we informed them that most Border Patrol Agents we have spoken to told us the barrier does in fact work.”

CNN PR responded with this statement:

We called several local stations to book someone for a show. We didn’t end up booking any of them. That happens many times every single day. We did, however, book a reporter from KUSI for a story on immigration and the border wall in November. This is a non story. #factsfirst

MUST WATCH: A San Diego news station reports that CNN called them for a local view of the border wall debate. "After we informed them about our past reports, they declined to hear from us." pic.twitter.com/mGYWO6ovgL

False! CNN called several local stations to book someone for a show. We didn’t end up using any of them. That happens many times every day. We did, however, book a reporter from KUSI for a story on immigration and the border wall in November. This is a non story. #factsfirst